Originally Posted by coolfish1103

DL finally recovered some market share in SEA after being lowest fare (or reduced award mileage to normal level) during off peak. CI has been quite expensive in most markets until end of October where they started the ITF campaign, so I expect their loads to be better next year during off peak periods.

The next two months will be peak periods so I expect the loads to be better. If it doesn't (like this past July/August) then that means travel patterns may have switched where the Taiwanese opt to travel during off peak periods cause the fare is too high. I have some friends who have started their yearly travel now in Spring break during April and/or Thanksgiving at end of November just to avoid paying double the price.

However, JX is adding frequencies in LAX this month (from Dec. 22) and SEA in March. We should expect more % drops with increase in capacity (DL is reducing capacity with 359 in end of March, but that's just few seats with more Premium cabin layout and less Economy).